As long as thanks is possible, then joy is always possible..

He turned and reached behind him for the chocolate bar, then he turned back again and handed it to Charlie. Charlie grabbed it and quickly tore off t….

Joy is the best makeup. But a little lipstick is a close runner-up..

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy..

Never misunderstand seriousness for sincerity. Sincerity is very playful, never serious. It is true, authentic, but never serious. Sincerity does not….

Meditate, become more aware and then you will see: choices disappear, a choicelessness arises. And it is such a tremendous joy to have a choiceless s….

A good teacher does not get lost in the details, but points to what is essential so that the child or student can find meaning and joy in life..

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own..

To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true n….

Vision without execution is delusion. The joy is in the results.

Belong purportedly to certain groups say, "We are the people and not the others." That is something that we cannot allow to happen. That is something….

Becoming a parent has just completely changed me, and made life so beautiful and given me such a center and a focus and such joy..

Look for joy in your life; it's not always easy to find..

Real joy is not found in having the best of everything but in trusting that God is making the best of everything..

Joy, happiness ... we do not question. They are beyond question, maybe. A matter of being. But pain forces us to think, and to make connections ... t….

I make soup and I back bread and I know my supreme need is joy in God and I know I can't experience deep joy in God until I deep trust in God. I shin….

We can't choose our lives, but we can DECIDE what to do with the joys or griefs we're given..

When you start projecting on the future - "Oh my God, I gotta do this and I'm not there yet" - well, of course you're not there yet because you're he….

How do I wake up to joy and grace and beauty and all that is the fullest life when I must stay numb to losses and crushed dreams and all that empties….

Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter..

Fullness of joy is discovered only in the emptying of will..